The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Chapter 144 Bandits Come to Help

Just as it was getting dark, Cai Yuanming's vanguard successfully discovered Hai Pingchuan's transport team.

On the way to the support, they soon discovered the movements of the second group of pursuers.

"Oh my goodness, Fei Lan had calculated all this correctly, right? How did he know that someone would come after us?"

After muttering to himself, Cai Yuanming still rushed over as fast as he could to meet up with Hai Pingchuan.

Upon hearing that Jiang Cheng had successfully brought out all the weapons and equipment from Qinhuangdao, Hai Pingchuan first breathed a sigh of relief, and then quickly ordered the transport troops to move forward as quickly as possible.

When all his troops had gathered, Jiang Cheng gave another order: "Brothers, load the weapons you have onto the truck as soon as possible!"

Then what he said next shocked everyone at the same time: "Unload the truck and eat... Let everyone take a good break!"

I thought he asked everyone to put their weapons on the car, so he could start a forced march and run all the way to Shanhaiguan...

But what I never expected was that he actually asked everyone to eat and rest?

The leaders all looked at each other in bewilderment, but Jiang Cheng smiled again, "Why, aren't you hungry? We've been marching all day, let's take a break!"

After saying that, he really asked the kitchen staff to prepare food and drinks carefully, try not to expose open flames, and dig deep pits to bury the pots and cook.

"Go, what are you waiting for? Distribute the canned meats that we looted from Jinzhou to everyone and fill their stomachs."

After saying this, Jiang Cheng asked Gao Wensheng to take Cai Yuanming to guard the place, while he took Hai Pingchuan and two guards and quietly climbed up the mountain.

"Feilan, what are you up to?"

Hai Pingchuan followed closely behind him and lowered his voice, "We are only one step away from Shanhaiguan. We can't lose heart here!"

"If we are really hungry and tired, we should hold our breath and run into the customs before..."

Jiang Cheng frowned and raised his hand to silence him: "Shh! You are not hungry or tired, but the brothers have come all the way here from Qinhuangdao... and brought so many heavy weapons and ammunition. Not to mention the stomach, they are almost exhausted to death."

"If we hurry any further, something terrible will happen!"

It cannot be compared with the great battle of later generations that pursued and intercepted the Americans overnight.

That was the baptism of years of war. China's army was undoubtedly the strongest on the earth at that time, and its fighting will was as strong as steel.

The current Fengtian Army is far from being comparable to it, either in terms of physical fitness or ideological level.

If he wanted to bring this batch of equipment back to Fengtian intact, he had to consider the issue of personnel.

"But if you rest for most of the night, something bad will happen!"

Hai Pingchuan followed behind him, panting, "When Yuanming and I came here, we found signs of troop movement. They were heading towards Shanhaiguan!"

"What if the way home is blocked..."

Jiang Cheng shook his head and smiled: "Do you think Wu Xiucai is stupid? If we count the troops we met during the day, we have encountered two groups of people today——"

"You think we're done with just two batches of people? You underestimate the current Zhi army."

Jiang Cheng rolled his eyes at him and smiled lazily, "Let me tell you, Shanhaiguan is definitely blocked tightly at the moment, just waiting for us to fall into their trap!"

When he said this, not only Hai Pingchuan, but also Han Ming and other guards shuddered unconsciously: "Then, how do we get home?"

"Then I have to keep it a secret."

Jiang Cheng continued to climb up the low hill with big strides and quietly took out the telescope.

As dusk fell, I could clearly see the beautiful mountains and rivers in autumn, as well as the Great Wall, through the telescope. Hai Pingchuan was right. If we marched from here to Shanhaiguan, we could reach there in one night at most.

But he soon discovered another cavalry unit, which was moving quickly along the mountain road.

A sneer quickly appeared on his face, and Jiang Cheng turned around and asked Hai Pingchuan: "Pingchuan, I asked you to drop food along the way, did you listen obediently?"

Not knowing why he suddenly mentioned this, Hai Pingchuan still scratched his head and said, "Then how could I not obey your order? I must have thrown it away, and I threw away a lot..."

"Feilan, what are you doing? You asked me to throw away the fine grains! It's a pity to throw away such good things. It would be good to take them back and give them to the disaster victims."

Hearing his words, Jiang Cheng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Oh, how come I didn't know that Pingchuan is a living Bodhisattva? He knows how to give alms to refugees!"

Knowing that his words were purely sarcastic, Hai Pingchuan's face turned red. Just as he was about to raise his hand to hit his brother who had said bad things, he heard a strange sound.

It was almost nightfall, and the mountain path was almost dark. No one could see what was hidden in the layers of golden or fiery red forest bushes.

The wilderness was dead silent, with even the chirping of birds hardly audible... But this sudden sound was so familiar to those of them who came from the military.

The moment Hai Pingchuan lost consciousness, he suddenly realized what was going on.

That was the sound of many gun bolts being cocked!

In the blink of an eye, a completely unexpected gunfight suddenly broke out on the mountain road in front of us.

This light cavalry team was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses in the blink of an eye: after all, in order to intercept Jiang Cheng's troops retreating to Shanhaiguan, they were lightly equipped and had little defensive power. They just wanted to go ahead in person, and as long as they were delayed, they could encircle and suppress them as soon as the reinforcements from the rear arrived.

However, it was because of this loophole that Jiang Cheng was able to successfully evacuate with the ammunition.

"Feilan...what's going on?"

When the gunshots were heard, Cai Yuanming and Gao Wensheng were frightened and ran up the mountain.

"Hey, it's the food that attracted us!"

Jiang Cheng winked slyly and said, "Hurry up, have the brothers carry the gasoline barrels and surround that side and be ready. I will fight when I say so!"

"Hey, I got it!"

Seeing Cai Yuanming running away with a big laugh, Jiang Cheng was happy:
A large-scale natural disaster had just broken out in the interior of the country. Not only were there starving people everywhere, but there were also bandits and robbers everywhere.

He picked up some delicious food along the way to tell them that "the food is good, you can eat a lot, come quickly if you are stupid!"
As soon as Hai Pingchuan's large force moved away, the bandits began to ambush them.

Regardless of whether it was war horses, guns and ammunition, or whether these soldiers had any food, the bandits would grab whatever they could from the pot.

"The fight started!"

"Oh, it's really enjoyable, hahaha."

At this moment, this sneak attack attracted a lot of soldiers to watch. They were holding food in their hands and gloating over the unfortunate guys who were being beaten.

"Hey, you're still having fun? Damn it, why don't you leave some for me!"

As he said this, he was about to snatch the food and drink from their hands, and laughter could be heard from the mountains.

"Okay! Stop making trouble!"

In an instant, Jiang Cheng said seriously, "Just wait and see. If a fight breaks out here, the people from Shanhaiguan will definitely come over—"

"This time it's our turn to encircle and annihilate!"

(End of this chapter)